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Why The Nintendo Wii Is A Glorified Board Game

Started by Devindra Hardawar · 10 months ago

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I’ve had a thought mulling around my brain for the past few weeks regarding the Nintendo Wii, but I thought it too crazy to bring up here. After all, I%2 ... Continue reading »

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  • "Is it sad that I’m more interested in Wii Fit than I am for the actual games coming out for the Wii next year?"

    Ha! Me too! And even more telling, my girlfriend is more excited about WiiFit than I am about anything on the Wii. A couple weeks back I rented a Wii game from Gamefly (Korinabo or something...a marble rolling game) and I had to adjust the Wii clock for Daylight Savings Time. That's how long it'd been since I'd turned the bloody thing on.
  • Honestly, I just keep my Wii unplugged until I actually need it. For some reason that thing gets hot even in its low power standby mode.

    It's funny that you mention Gamefly, somehow I think the Wii is giving Gamefly lots of business as most of its games are decent rentals but unwise purchases...
  • That's because you have it on 24/7 download mode or whatever. Make sure the light is red!

    I was going to say "but what about Smash Bros. Brawl?". Then i realized that it too is a party game. The most awesome party game in existence, but still a party game. Kind of like Strikers Charged.

    WiiFit, I am very interested in.
  • Even when the light is red it's hot!

    Smash isn't really a party game, it's just a 4 player fighting game. By party game I mean those things like Warioware that basically consists of minigames or things like that which you can really only enjoy as a group.

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